Sermons

“Sin is the fire alarm that wakes us up to the possibility of true repentance,” Barbara Brown Taylor says. Before sin, however, first I want to speak of shoes...

The parable of the “dishonest manager” that we just heard has long been the problem child among Luke’s parables, for it is defiant in precluding easy explanation; and—I must say—I like it that way. How do I like it? Let me count the ways...

What strikes me about this pseudo-autobiographical passage is that the author believes an appeal to Paul’s sinful past and his subsequent “saving” by Christ would lend credibility. Though the author of 1 Timothy could have appealed to others parts of Paul’s life...

Homily preached by the Rev. James La Macchia: After hearing our successive readings from the Gospel According to Luke Sunday after Sunday this summer, I’m beginning to understand...

Really, does Luke expect us, “When we give a luncheon or a dinner,” not to “invite our friends or our brothers or our relatives or rich neighbors, in case they may invite us in return, and we would be repaid”?